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Plame lawsuit dismissed in CIA leak case

WASHINGTON - Former CIA operative Valerie Plame lost a lawsuit Thursday that demanded money from Bush administration officials whom she blamed for leaking her agency identity. Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to disclose her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband's criticism of the administration.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

Plame's lawyers said from the beginning the suit would be a difficult case to make. Public officials normally are immune from such suits filed in connection with their jobs.

Didn't stop them from ginning up the publicity though, did it.

Posted by 2007-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top

#1 Actually, I think the Wilsons were lucky the judge dismissed this case so early in the process. Plame and Wilson would have been thoroughly eviscerated by a competent defense attorney. Court TV wept.

Posted by doc 2007-07-20 08:43|| 2007-07-20 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Apathy meter has much too low a reading. "Plame is flamed?" The whole deal was like the Seinfeld episode about having a show about NOTHING.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-20 09:43|| 2007-07-20 09:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Okay, Wilsons. Looks like it's time to return to bolivion...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-20 10:20|| 2007-07-20 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Except that they owe the American people two pounds of flesh.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-20 10:36|| 2007-07-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Good point, doc, having a good defense attorney work Joe and Val over in depositions (video-taped, of course) would have warmed the deepest cockles of my heart.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-07-20 11:04|| 2007-07-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Apathyyia? Never! No, no no.

WaPo sent me a supercalifragilisticexpiallidocious Breaking News Alert yesterday. The very first one they've sent me since... ~~Glasgow Airport was on fire~~ ~~Charlie Sheen got engaged~~ ~~Musharraf stormed the Red Mosque~~ Scooter Libby got commuted. Obsess much?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-07-20 11:56|| 2007-07-20 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 'Plame lawsuit dismissed in CIA leak case'

"Plame's identity was revealed in a syndicated newspaper column in 2003..."

The fact that nobody was indicted, much less convicted, in "leaking" or "revealing" Plames' indentity proved unequivocally that she did NOT have Under-Cover status when the story was first published. The dismissal in the Wilson's civil suit underscores this fact. Of course, this does not stop the leftist media from continuing to refer to this melodrama as "The CIA "Leak" Case" when it was clear long ago there was nothing to leak. After all, that would put an end to speculations of...[Gasp]...a coverup at the highest levels.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-07-20 12:35|| 2007-07-20 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Alas, fame is plucked. and vicea versa

Posted by WTF 2007-07-20 21:19|| 2007-07-20 21:19|| Front Page Top

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